Stavros Niarchos Foundation Announces $10.9 Million in Grants to Greek Organizations
Release Date:
02/05/2013
The organizations are working to ease the effects of the ongoing socioeconomic crisis in Greece.
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02/06/2013
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02/06/2013
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Philanthropy 50—No. 39: Jon Stryker
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02/10/2013
Mr. Stryker made the Chronicle’s list of the top 50 donors of 2012 with the $30.1 million he gave to the Arcus Foundation, which he founded 13 years ago.
Philanthropy Must Do More to Influence Policy, Say Government Officials
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02/13/2013
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Relinquishing Purse Strings: Orlando Bagwell Leaves Ford Foundation’s JustFilms
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02/15/2013
Mr. Bagwell, a director and producer of some of the most influential documentaries about the civil rights movement and the black American experience, will leave the foundation in June to make his own documentaries once again.
Laurie Tisch Illumination Fund Launches $15 Million Healthy Foods Initiative
Release Date:
02/15/2013
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Financial Know-How for Nonprofits Online
Release Date:
02/18/2013
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Grantmakers Play an Important Role in Comprehensive Immigration Reform Efforts
Release Date:
02/20/2013
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In New Brand of Philanthropy, Nonprofits Invest in For-Profits
Release Date:
12/11/2012
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Initiative Launched to Improve Accountability of Climate Change Adaptation Finance
Release Date:
12/12/2012
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Release Date:
12/13/2012
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Our Guides to Knowledge: Celebrating 'I Love My Librarian Award' Winners
Release Date:
12/19/2012
The Carnegie Corporation of New York spotlights the winners of the 2012 Carnegie Corporation/New York Times "I Love My Librarian" Award.
Modern Dance Groups to Get Hurricane Sandy Aid
Release Date:
12/25/2012
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Release Date:
12/29/2012
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Media Development In The Developing World
Release Date:
01/04/2013
Since 1996, the Media Development Loan Fund has provided more than $120 million in loans and equity investments to media companies in 26 emerging market countries and independent news outlets in countries with a history of media oppression.
Carnegie Corporation of New York Awards Nearly $27 Million in Quarterly Grants
Release Date:
01/04/2013
The grants were awarded to organizations in the United States and around the world working in the areas of education, immigration and international affairs.
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Release Date:
01/04/2013
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Release Date:
01/08/2013
The Korean American Community Foundation and its Executive Director Kyung Yoon are among the philanthropic organizations, nonprofit executives and individual donors profiled in this article.
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Release Date:
01/08/2013
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